Tippu Tip Laing Stuart
Tippu Tip, notorious to some, intriguing to others, was a Zanzibari Arab trader living in the turbulent and rapidly changing Africa of the late 19th century. His colorful life culminated in his engagement as governor of a province in the 'Congo Free State' of the Belgia… Celý popis ↓
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Tippu Tip Laing Stuart
Tippu Tip, notorious to some, intriguing to others, was a Zanzibari Arab trader living in the turbulent and rapidly changing Africa of the late 19th century. His colorful life culminated in his engagement as governor of a province in the 'Congo Free State' of the Belgian King Leopold, and in his involvement in Stanley's astonishing expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, governor of the Egyptian southern province of Equatoria. This biography transports the reader into his extraordinary world, describing its exotic cast of characters and the principal factors that shaped it.
The lucid narrative unfolds against the political and economic backdrop of European and American commercial aims, while allowing the reader to see the period through African and Arab eyes. This book is the first thorough investigation in English of this significant figure. The fascinating figures who strutted the
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